Volume Print Fair At The Library Of Birmingham 2013

Inspired Comics Collective had a table at Volume Print Fair at the new Library of Birmingham. Thank you to Jack Davies (in the photo), Shaz Jubeen and Sarah Fogg for helping out at the event. We also had a lot of fun drawing pages for a zine in a day project ran by Footprint. (The illustration on the right is by Kristyna Baczynski)  For more photos visit the Inspired blog.

Thought Bubble 2013

 

 

Last weekend I went to Thought Bubble with Inspired Comics. We had a lot of fun chatting to people at our table in the new Allied London Hall. Thank you very much to everyone who bought comics. Thank you to Dom McKenzie for the first photo in this set after my phone photos came out blurry.

Most the items in the photos are available to order online at the following shops

• www.etsy.com/shop/sarahfogg
• www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras 
• www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JackDaviesarts
• www.petitecreme.storenvy.com

Thank you

Zines In Space

I have finished a project I was working on over the summer. The comic is about aliens finding a vintage photocopier. The comics have been printed and are now available to buy online through Etsy.

Inspired Comics Collective have a table at the following events

• Bristol Comic & Zine Fair - 5th October 2013
• London MCM Expo - 25th - 27th October 2013
• Thought Bubble (Allied London hall)- 23rd - 24th November 2013

Mixtape Anthology

Mixtape is a new anthology created by Inspired comics collective. I had a lot of fun collecting comics made by friends and then organising the order. The members were not set a theme so the process really did feel like choosing the order of a playlist or mixtape to give to someone. The cover illustration is by Sarah Fogg followed by sample pages from comics I drew for the book.

Inspired Comics will be taking the book to sell at Bristol Comic Expo, London MCM Expo and Manchester MCM Expo 

The comic is also available to buy online through my Etsy shop

Inspired Anthology 2013 - Music Wars

I've been working on 2 short stories for this year's Inspired Anthology. This is page 1 from Music Wars. The story follows teenage twins Ted and Tim as they enter their first battle of the bands style competition.

This is a new character designed for the story and some new outfits for the twins.

The twins first appeared in Smoothie Wars which is available to buy as a mini comic but originally ran as a webcomic for free. Food Wars featured in our Eat Me! food themed group anthology last year

Inspired Anthology 2013

I've been busy over March and April working on a couple of different short story comics for printed anthologies. I'll post more information and previews when they're announced.

I'm also compiling a new group anthology with Inspired comics collective. These pages are from The Melody Of Life written by Laura McNulty and illustrated by myself. The printed book should be available at Bristol Comics Expo, London MCM Expo and Manchester MCM Expo

Autumn Events

These photos are from London MCM Expo and the Birmingham Zine Festival's Independent Publishing Fair. Thanks to everyone who bought our comics and zines and said hi. I took the photos so Sarah Fogg from Inspired Comics Collective is in both pictures. The next event we'll be at is Thought Bubble and you'll be able to find us on table 162 in New Dock Hall.

I recently finished and printed my webcomic, Jumping The Shark. (The sequel to Best Day Ever) The printed version contains a bonus comic and some extra illustrations in the back pages. Both books are already available from my Etsy shop.

Portraits and Personal Commissions

I've recently added a new page to this site so that I could list information about portraits and personal commissions. I had fun picking people from my favourite films and tv shows as examples. Price lists and more examples are on this page.

 

Example: Lianne La Havas (musician)

 

Example: Spaced (TV Series)

 

 Example: Those Of No Class by En Gingerboom

This summer I have been working on several short story comics to submit to a variety of anthologies and zines. I will announce here them as they are confirmed and released later in the year.

Inspired Comics are currently arranging tables at comics events in the autumn. So far we can confirm we will be at Thought Bubble in the Saviles Hall.

Smoothie Wars and Bristol Comic Expo

 

Smoothie Wars is an old webcomic comic short story I drew in the summer of 2010. I recently created a comic about some of the same characters for this years Inspired anthology, so I decided to do this limited print run of mini comics. They are available now through my Etsy shop.
 

Last weekend I went to Bristol Comics Expo with Inspired Comics. Thank you very much if you stopped by to say hello or buy a comic! What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? issue 4 was released at the event, and contains a new Silly Symphonies comic.

I also took part in Timothy Winchester's Boyfriend Week - To celebrate his webcomic reaching 500 pages! You can read People I Know here!

April and early May 2012

In April I ordered a new print run of Best Day Ever and created a new free sticker to go with the book. The sequel webcomic story Jumping The Shark is still updating every Friday.

 

The new Inspired Comics anthology. Eat Me! has been printed on time for the Bristol Comics Show. This is the first preview page of my comic contribution. For more previews and development work visit our blog. 

Anthology Cover Illustration is by Sarah Fogg

March 2012 Comics News

 

Whats The Time Mrs. Woolf? is an alternative womans zine released every 2 months. This panel preview is from my comic contribution to issue 3.

My webcomic Jumping The Shark still updates every Friday morning.

I had a great time at the weekend at Birmingham Comic Con with Inspired Comics. You can find event photos and more information about the comics collective on our blog.

March 2012 Illustration and Comics

I've been trying to stargaze more recently but it's difficult in a garden in the city. This is a planisphere of the constellations that surround the polestar. I didn't know the stories behind a lot of the constellation names so it was fun finding out, and hopefully will help me remember the shapes better when I'm looking for them in the sky.

This is another illustration I made for fun. The card game should work but theres only 8 designs so far.

 

I'm working on a short story comic for the next Inspired anthology. We're hoping to launch it in May and I will be updating their blog with design and development work from the group over the next couple of months.

February 2012 Projects

 

 This is a new poster design I did for a FishNote event later in the year.

Inspired Comics are working on a new anthology for the spring term and these are the characters for my contribution. We had a great time helping to run the art competition with Itch publishing at Midlands MCM Expo in February. Details for future events we will be attending as a group are on Inspired's blog.